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Alright, stop, collaborate and listen! Rice is back as new safeguard actions: rice, rice baby – with appropriate apologies and appreciation to American rapper Vanilla Ice. Fun fact: Rice is a... 

Africa still has a long way to go to achieve industrialisation, the Business Council for Africa has highlighted, in its '2025 Annual RED Index of Industrial Development in Africa'. (RED stands for... 

President Donald Trump's administration is considering more than doubling an annual refugee limit to bring more white South Africans into the US, according to three people familiar with the matter.... 

Global trade growth is expected to slow later this year, weighed down by persistent trade tensions and rising trade costs, says UN Trade and Development (Unctad) in its 'Global Trade Update April... 

ustralia's Lynas Rare Earths and South Korea's LS Eco Energy said on Thursday they plan to work together to process rare earths, to help meet demand from customers scrambling to secure non-Chinese... 

The rising price of gasoline from the Iran war has triggered angst and uncertainty for carmakers, dealers and vehicle owners at the pump. For Martin Miller, it presents an opportunity. Miller owns... 

Global trade flows of goods, capital, information and people rose at a faster rate in 2025 than in any other year since 2011, excluding 2017 and the post-Covid-19 rebound, and is set to grow at the... 

Industrial engineering and equipment manufacturing company Bühler, in its results presentation for the financial year ended December 31, 2025, on February 16, reported that it had sold 50 of its... 

Trade credit insurance company Allianz Trade has maintained South Africa’s risk rating at stable in its latest Country Risk Atlas, as the country’s GDP is expected to continue growing at modest... 

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso says in her latest weekly newsletter that the biggest omission in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s February 12 State of the Nation Address (SoNA)... 

BMI – a Fitch Solutions company – has revised upwards its 2026 average yearly neodymium/praseodymium (NdPr) oxide price forecast to average $90 000/t, reflecting a robust start to the year... 

BHP Group has shipped iron-ore cargoes barred from sale in China to Malaysia and Vietnam, seeking alternative buyers as its stocks of Jimblebar pile up at Chinese ports amid a protracted contract... 

The UK and the African Development Bank extended a climate-linked $1-billion debt guarantee to South Africa, saving a $400-million municipal funding deal that was in jeopardy if it had expired. The...